Folding-rack attachment for ironing boards



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J. N. FARIS FOLDING RACK ATTACHMENT FOR IRONING- BOARDS Filed D66. 12 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 gzm III

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FOLDINGRACK ATTAGI-I MENT FOE IBOINING BOARDS.

Application filed December 12, 1921. Serial No. 521,722.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN N. FARIS, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State a of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding-Rack Attachments for Ironing Boards; and I do declare the "following to be a full, clear, and

' exact description of the invention, such as will enable Others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in clothes racks and more particularly to those which are designed for use in connection with ironing boards, for holding the articles as they are pressed,'so as to support them in orderly fashion and prevent undue wrinkling or creasing.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an extremely simple and inexpensive, yet a highly eflicient, reliable, easily attached and detached clothes rack which may be compactly folded when not in use.

With the foregoing in view, the invention resides in the novel subject matter and arrangement hereinafter described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an ironing board equipped with two of the improved racks.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the board and one of the racks attached thereto.

Figure 3 is a vertical transverse section on line 33 of Fig. 1. A

Figure 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view of one of the racks taken in a different plane from Fig. 3.

Figure 5 is a plan view of one of the racks detached from the ironing board.

Figure 6 is a duplicate of Fig. 5 with the exception that it shows the rack in folded position.

Figure 7 is an edge view of the rack in the condition shown in Fig. 6.

In the drawings above briefly described, I have shown my invention in connection with a common form of ironing board I, and I have illustrated a front rack F and a rear rack R, but as they are both of approximately the same construction, I have confined the major part of the following description to the front rack F The numeral 1 designates a horizontal board or other platform which is supported at its ends by a pair of U-shaped members 2 which have their arm connectingor shaft portions rotatably mounted in suitable bearings 3 carried by the board. The outer arm 4: of each member 2 is comparatively short, while the inner arm 5 is much longer, being bent laterally inward near its upper end as shown at 6, being then extended vertically upward at '7 and finally extending downward and outward, so as to'form a hook 8,

with its bill 9 extendingover the part 6. Due

1 to the taper of the ironing board I, the por- 'the hooks 8 of said shaft'p'ortions may be positioned substantially over the inner edge of the rack, whereas the hooks 8 are positioned more nearly over the center of the front rack F, so as to bring the inner portion of this rack under the ironing board and out of the way of the user. The hooks 8 and 8 are adapted for passage through eyes 10 carried by the edges of the ironing board as shown clearly in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, and the horizontal bills 9 and 9 of said hooks then underlie the boardas illustrated more clearly in Fig. 3, thereby holding the racks against tilting around the hooks and eyes as pivots. The arms a of the rock shaft portions 2 and the corresponding arms of the rear rack R, together with the inner arms of said shaft portions are preferably connected by longitudinal links 11 and these links are by preference pivoted to the upper ends of a plurality of comparatively small U-shaped members 12 which may be conveniently referred to as stirrups. These stirrups are held in place by bearings 13 secured to the under side of the platform 1 as shown.

When one or both of the racks are applied to the ironing board, they serve as effective means to support the articles as they are ironed and it will be seen that whenever desired, each rack may be detached by simply tilting it in such a manner as to withdraw the hooks from the eyes 10. When detached,

the rock shafts and stirrups may be swung downwardly as shown in Figs. 6 and 7and the platform 1 is by preference formed with a suitable notch 14 to receive the arm portion 6 which swings inwardly when the folding operation is performed. This notch will of course vary according to the extent of bend of the rock shaft arm and the angle which the portion 6 assumes to the portion 5. Since excellent results may be obtained from the details disclosed, they'are preferably followed, but within thescope, of the invention as claimed, numerous minor changes may be ,made. .Fnrthermorqwhile I have, shown two of the raclsis'used upon an ironing board, it willibejunderstood one only may be employed if desired. Iclaiin: b v l. A rack comprising a,jplatforrn, a pair of rock shafts extending transversely of and supporting the lends". of said platform; the ends of ,s'aidrockshafts being providedwith upwardly extend'in'giarms,longitudinal links pivoted to andextendiiig betweenthe arms of the two rock shafts;and .iurshaped .stirrups, pivoted at their ends" to "said links, the connecting. portions of. said stirrup$ El te/11ding beneath said la'tform, the, farmsat one end ofsaid rock's liafts beirigprovided with means for attachment to relatively fizi'ed'supports. a 2. A. rack, comprising a.plat form, ,a series of u-shapemmembe'r's having theirar'm connectin portions frotatably mounted beneath said p atform and having their arms extending upwardly above the platform, means for causing said members to rotate in unison, and means for attaching certain of said members to a relatively fixed support.

3. A rack comprising a platform, a series of U-shaped members having their arm connecting portions rotatably mounted beneath said plattormeand having the arms thereof eXit'eiid'in gl vupwardly from the platform, links attached to said members to swing them in straw, and means for attaching certain .of'said'members to a relatively fixed pp rt; e

AHA rack comprising a, platfform, "a plurality. of U -shaped members rotatably mountedjbeneau said platform and having their armsj extending; upwardly therefrom, late-ral ei rtensions (upon certain of said arms, said. extensions overlying the platform and provided, with means for attaching the same tea relatively fixed; support and means. f r causing" said U-shaped members to swing in unison. .r,

' In testimony wha edfi have hereunto set my hand. a

JOHN N. FARIS. 

